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The Grain of Memory

## The Grain of Memory The cabin exhaled Autumn. Beeswax clung to the air, a sweet counterpoint to the sharp tang of cedar plank. Dust motes danced in the slant of afternoon light, illuminating Elsie’s world. Not a pristine museum…

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The Static Bloom

## The Static Bloom The air tasted like burnt sugar and regret. Not a chemical tang, but something deeper, woven into the particulate shimmer that coated everything on Isohel Prime. Thirty layers of atmosphere did *that* to a planet, apparently.…

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